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Phoenix Benefit Inc

To benefit underserved youth in Middle Tennessee and develop members into leaders in their community and in business.

$77k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$248kEducation$230kHuman Services$75kInternational$66kReligion$26kCrime & Legal$23kHousing & Shelter$20kHealth$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $73,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $76,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $66k
$10,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$540k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jonathans Path$20,000
Junior Achievement$15,000
Turnip Green Creative Reuse$10,500
Youth Villages$10,000
Move Music City$10,000
Be About Change$8,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Corner To Corner: $8k → 14%Hispanic Family Foundation: $12k → 14%Youth Villages: $10k → 14%West Nashville Dream Center: $13k → 14%Corner to Corner: $6k → 14%St Lukes Community House: $14k → 14%West Nashville Dream Center: $10k → 14%The Aloe Family Inc: $16k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 92% of Phoenix Benefit Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 87% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 8%.

Phoenix Benefit Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$453k · 11 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
18

Total granted

$453k
$257k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+58%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Teach for America Inc
    3× · 2018–2021 · $95k · revenue +1%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN
    5× · 2018–2025 · $66k · revenue +5%
  • RT
    ROCK THE STREET WALL STREET
    3× · 2018–2020 · $38k · revenue +285%

Funded once

  • TL
    TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $47k · revenue -9%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • TE
    THE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +369% · 44% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education

To advance state policies and practices that ensure all tennessee children from birth through 3rd grade get the high quality early education they need to power our state's future.

Education
2
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
3
Read to Them Inc

We use the power of reading aloud together to build connections across families, schools, and communities to cultivate students learning and success.

Education
4
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Inc

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. the organization's vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.

Youth Development
5
Nashville Fellows Program Inc

Provide support for under-served youth

Religion
6
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
7
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah

Big brothers big sisters of utah's vision is that all children achieve success in life. our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Education
8
Teenworks Inc

To empower teens to achieve excellence in college, career, and community.

Employment
9
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
10
Youth Guidance

A leader in social and emotional development, community engagement, and positive youth development, Youth Guidance has strategically created programs to address community needs across four delivery areas: Community & Afterschool Programs…

Education
11
Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc

Nashville inner city ministry is a christ-centered community organization dedicated to empowering the spiritual, educational and vocational development of at-risk youth and their families.

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12
Tennessee Educational Cooperative

Tennessee educational cooperative's mission is to help all children reach their potential by partnering with parents, schools and communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Corner to Corner. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Teach for America Inc: $95,000 · EducationTeach for America IncROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $37,500 · EducationROCK THE STREET WALL STREETSMALL WORLD YOGA INC: $21,600 · EducationSMALL WORLD YOGA INCTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVE: $20,000 · EducationTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVEBook Em: $15,005 · EducationBook EmEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION: $15,000 · EducationEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATIONNASHVILLE COACHING COALITION: $14,600 · EducationNASHVILLE COACHING COALITIONEast Nashville Hope Exchange Inc: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $7,875 · EducationBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $77,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE T…BeWell in School: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentBeWell in SchoolTRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER: $46,750 · Youth DevelopmentTRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTERBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE …BAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC: $7,750 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,756 · Youth DevelopmentWEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER: $22,755 · Human ServicesWEST NASHVILL…Aloe Family Inc: $15,980 · Human ServicesAloe Family I…Corner To Corner: $13,600 · Human ServicesCorner To Cor…ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $13,500 · Human ServicesST LUKE'S COM…HISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $12,395 · Human ServicesHISPANIC FAMI…YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGE…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN: $65,500 · InternationalJUNIOR AC…TURNIP GREEN CREATIVE REUSE: $22,020 · Arts & CultureTHE PORCH WRITERS COLLECTIVE INC: $5,820 · Arts & CultureSADDLE UP: $17,690 · HealthSTARS NASHVILLE: $10,000 · HealthJonathans Path Inc: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterMOVE MUSIC CITY: $10,000 · OtherMOVE MUSI…BE ABOUT CHANGE: $8,000 · OtherBE ABOUT …NASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION: $12,500 · OtherNASHVILLE…PATHWAYS KITCHEN: $12,500 · OtherPATHWAYS …SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $10,800 · OtherSECOND HA…CASA INC: $10,000 · OtherCASA INC
Education$236,580Youth Development$227,756Human Services$88,230International$65,500Arts & Culture$27,840Health$27,690Housing & Shelter$20,000Other$63,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTeach for America Inc: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $77,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN: $65,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBeWell in School: $65,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER: $46,750 over 1y, 14% of budgetROCK THE STREET WALL STREET: $37,500 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF MIDDLE TN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER: $22,755 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTURNIP GREEN CREATIVE REUSE: $22,020 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSMALL WORLD YOGA INC: $21,600 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE EDUCATORS' COOPERATIVE: $20,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetSADDLE UP: $17,690 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAloe Family Inc: $15,980 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBook Em: $15,005 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEQUAL CHANCE FOR EDUCATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNASHVILLE COACHING COALITION: $14,600 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCorner To Corner: $13,600 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetST LUKE'S COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $13,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNASHVILLE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPATHWAYS KITCHEN: $12,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHISPANIC FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $12,395 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $10,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSTARS NASHVILLE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAREFOOT REPUBLIC INC: $7,750 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PORCH WRITERS COLLECTIVE INC: $5,820 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $5,756 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Frist FoundationNashville Predators F…Memorial Foundation I…Joe C Davis FoundationUnited Way of Middle …Dettwiller FoundationTennessee Titans Foun…The Healing Trust For…Carolyn Smith Foundat…The Dan and Margaret …
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN46.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Joe C Davis Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dettwiller Foundation · Tennessee Titans Foundation · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Carolyn Smith Foundation · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Phoenix Benefit Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phoenix Benefit Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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